healthcosts.net

Inj epidural sgl cerv-thor without img at UPMC Williamsport

700 High Street, Williamsport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 164974648

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$1,627.80

Cash price

?

Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$2,713.00

Gross charge

?

Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$90.97 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,170.40 with InterGroup — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $90.97 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $90.97 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $90.97 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $93.24 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $116.19 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $140.94 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $215.81 ↓ -87%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $230.86 ↓ -86%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $238.39 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $666.70 ↓ -59%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $673.43 ↓ -59%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $680.04 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare $680.04 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare $706.45 ↓ -57%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $712.98 ↓ -56%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $713.05 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $993.28 ↓ -39%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,079.50 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $1,100.12 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,182.87 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $1,271.31 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $1,294.10 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,359.21 ↓ -17%
Wirerope Works Commercial $1,508.43 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $1,790.58 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $1,817.71 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $1,825.85 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,855.69 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $1,858.40 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $2,116.14 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $2,116.14 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $2,170.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $2,170.40 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Inj epidural sgl cerv-thor without img at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,318.80 $90.97 – $1,866.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,656.60 $90.97 – $2,484.90
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,711.60 $90.97 – $5,258.10
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,393.00 $90.97 – $4,806.75
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,920.60 $90.97 – $2,400.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,366.20 $90.97 – $1,935.45

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →